Sankt Barbara im Mürztal
| Sankt Barbara im Mürztal | |
|---|---|
  Sankt Barbara im Mürztal Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°32′08″N 15°30′42″E / 47.53556°N 15.51167°ECoordinates: 47°32′08″N 15°30′42″E / 47.53556°N 15.51167°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jochen Jance (SPÖ) |
| Population (1 January 2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,726 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal codes | 8661, 8662, 8663, 8664 |
| Area codes | 03856, 03858 |
| Website | st-barbara.gv.at |
Sankt Barbara im Mürztal is since 2015 a market town in Styria, Austria, with 6,726 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2016) in the judicial district of Mürzzuschlag and in the political district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria. As part of the municipality structural reform in Styria, the municipality, which was founded on 1 January 2015, was formed by the merger of the independent municipalities:
This was based on the Styrian municipality Structural Reform Act, StGsrG.[2][3]
In this case, no major part of one of the (three) outlying communities was used as a new name, but only the district name "Mürztal" (Murtal). The new community is named after the patron saint of miners, Saint Barbara. A Barbarakirche Barbara Church was built in 1986, in what is now the district Mitterdorf.[4]
Geography
The center in the district of Mitterdorf is situated at an altitude of 587 m (1,926 ft) above sea level. St. Barbara im Mürztal is on the river Mürz. Small tributaries are the Small Veitsch (Kleine Veitsch brook), which in turn in the Great Veitsch opens (Große Veitsch), which unites in Mitterdorf with the Mürz river. Further, significant for the place tributaries are the Scheibsgrabenbach creek, which emptied in Wartberg in the Mürz, and the Sonnleitenbach, which flows into Mitterdorf in the Mürz.
The highest elevation of the municipality forms the massif Hohe Veitsch, with an altitude of 1,981 m (6,499 ft), and simultaneously forms a natural boundary to the west and north-west of the municipality. To the west is the Pretalsattel (1,069 m or 3,507 ft above sea level), as a compound in the Stübmingtal, Turnau and the Aflenzer Basin.
In the east and southeast of the town, borders the town of Fischbacher Alpen.
Neighboring municipalities (as of 2015)
| Mariazell | Neuberg an der Mürz | Neuberg an der Mürz | |
| Turnau |  |
Krieglach | |
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| Kindberg | Stanz im Mürztal | Krieglach |
Municipality arrangement
The municipal area covers seven towns (in parentheses inhabitants as at 1 January 2016):[5]
- Großveitsch (904)
- Kleinveitsch (415)
- Lutschaun (453)
- Mitterdorf im Mürztal (1,926)
- Niederaigen (643)
- Veitsch (374)
- Wartberg im Mürztal (2,012)
The community consists of the cadastral (Katastralgemeinden): Großveitsch, Kleinveitsch, Lutschaun, Mitterdorf, Niederaigen, Scheibsgraben, Veitsch Dorf and Wartberg.
Politics
Regierungskommissär (von der steiermärkischen Landesregierung bestellt)
- 1.1. 2015 - 28.4. 2015 Jochen Jance (SPÖ)
- Bürgermeister
- seit 28.4. 2015 Jochen Jance (SPÖ)
Economy and sights
- Pilgerkreuz am Veitscher Ölberg: Starting from the parish Veitsch is along a forest trail to Veitsch mount-of-olives pilgrims cross. The cross was built in 2004 and is 40.6 m (133 ft) high (up to 27 m height inside walkable), as the world's largest of its kind.[6]
- Holzknecht-Ball: The Holzknecht Ball held annually in January, on the first Friday after January 6 (Epiphany), and organized by Trachtenverein society D’Rauschkogler z’Veitsch.[7] Besides Oberlandler ball in Graz, or the Schützenball in Grundlsee, it provides over Styria one of the few remaining traditional costume balls with Auftanz represents. Under the Balls and the traditional folk dance is Veitscher Masur[8] (the locals referred to as "Veitscher Ochs gallop") during the evening by many visitors frequently practiced.
- Der Ultra-Alpin-Marathon Veitscher Grenzstaffellauf,[9] one of the toughest Alpine Marathon Austria has been held annually since 1986 on the last Saturday in June. It runs 54 km (34 mi) and 2,200 meters (7,200 ft) out of the indoor swimming pool along the municipal boundaries across the high plateau of the Hohe Veitsch back to the starting point. Top runners need just 4:30 hours for this distance. The course can also be completed as a three-team (with sections of 16.5 / 16.0 / 21.5 km). Here the winners are just under 4:00 hours. 2013 Austrian Championships were held in mountain marathon.[10]
- Mürztaler Landtage: The largest, multi-day agricultural fair of the Mürztal has been held since 2009 in Wartberg in the Mürztal. In addition to showcases and trade exhibitions in the agricultural sector, attendees have been offered a wide program of amusement parks and concerts of different genres.
Transportation
The town lies on the southern railway, has 2 train stations of ÖBB ("Mitterdorf - Veitsch" or "Wartberg im Mürztal") and is accessible on the Semmering Schnellstraße S 6 (road exit "Mitterdorf"). The town can also be reached via the L 102 (Veitscherstraße) from Turnau or via the L 118 (Semmering Begleitstraße) from Kindberg and Krieglach.
Since 2016-07-18, a bus of the Mürztaler transport company is run from Kapfenberg and interconnects all 3 districts:
- Route 85 (Pretal-) Groß-Veitsch - (Dorf-Veitsch-) Niederaigen - Mitterdorf im Mürztal - Wartberg im Mürztal station.
Industry
Mining (magnesite from 1881), production of refractory products for smelting furnaces, steel production and processing have a long tradition and are still significant today in the area:
- RHI AG – Feuerfestwerkstoffe, mit Veitscher Magnesitwerken
- Vogel & Noot AG – Landmaschinen- und Heizgerätehersteller
- Breitenfeld AG – Edelstahlwerk
- Bien-Zenker – Fertighausbau
Buildings
- Neue Musikmittelschule „Musium“ Mitterdorf
- Landesberufsschule für Speditionskauffrau/ -mann und SpeditionslogistikerIn
Notable people
- Helmut Brenner (born 1957), musician, music teacher, musicologist, historian and university lecturer
- Carl Gustav Heraeus (1671-1725), German Hofantiquar at the court in Vienna, Montanist, scholar and writer
- Thomas Lechner (* 1985), Austrian football player
- Tom Lohner (* 1982), a graphic designer and freelance artist
- Matthias Loiben (born 1969), musician and composer
- Albert Oberhofer (1925-2016), university professor and rector of the University of Leoben
- Michael Schilhan (born 1964), actor, stage director and theater director
- David Schuller (* 1980), Austrian hockey player
- Karl Skala (1924-2006), local poet
- Anton Tautscher (1906-1976), an economist and university professor (University of Graz)
- Richard Trenkwalder (1948-2015), businessman and football functionary
- Heimo Wiederhofer (* 1962), jazz musician (drums)
References
- ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Sankt Barbara im Mürztal.
- ↑ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
- ↑ § 3 Abs. 1 Z 4 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 2. April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID 705127-x. S. 2.
- ↑ http://www.katholische-kirche-steiermark.at/?org=1578 Pfarre Wartberg im Mürztale, Katholische Kirche Steiermark, abgerufen 4. September 2015.
- ↑ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2016 nach Ortschaften
- ↑ http://www.pilgerkreuz.at/
- ↑ Trachtenverein D’Rauschkogler z’Veitsch
- ↑ Tanzbeschreibung (abgerufen 3. Oktober 2016).
- ↑ Ultra-Alpin-Marathon/Veitscher Grenzstaffellauf
- ↑ http://www.grenzstaffellauf.com/ergebnisse/
External links
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- "Municipal data for Sankt Barbara im Mürztal". Statistik Austria.
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